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The mission of Young Roots Oregon is to creatively empower young families to build healthy foundations. Our multi-generational vision is to give pregnant and parenting adolescents through age 24 and their children equitable opportunities for growth through a collaborative approach of resource partnership and innovative services.

POSITION:  Family Haven Shelter Home Aide

ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION & STRATEGIES

Young Roots Oregon (YRO) is a community-focused Oregon-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit located in Albany that began in 2019 as a grassroots movement. Our mission is to creatively empower young families in Linn and Benton counties to build healthy foundations. Our multi-generational vision is to give adolescent parents and their children equitable opportunities for growth through a collaborative approach of resource partnership and innovative services. 

Strategies of care for young families include building equitable pathways that promote academic achievement, improving psychological and physical health, strengthening parent-child relationships, providing parent-to-parent support, brokering partnerships between parents and community agencies to expand and deepen parents' social support network, and decreasing income, food, diapering, and housing insecurities. Together, these approaches work to increase social mobility and educational and economic attainment by the parent and to minimize and prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress that cause lifelong health disparities, child welfare interventions, foster care placements, and generational poverty, which benefits the overall health and success of our community as a whole. 

Please check out our website to verify that you align with our organization - youngrootsoregon.org

The Family Haven Shelter Home is a new program that provides young mothers (ages 18-25 who are pregnant or parenting) and their children who are experiencing homelessness in Linn County. The home will provide emergency shelter with 24-7 mentor and aide support to protect women and children from harm. 

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

Home Aides will be a positive presence for families within a welcoming, inclusive, non-judgmental, trauma-informed care environment that ensures physical, emotional, and mental safety for mothers and children. Home Aides will be responsible for the following daily tasks with positive relational support for residents as the priority above all. Daily tasks include but are not limited to: 

• Completing home needs & hygiene tasks; grocery stocking, cleaning, and laundry.
• Providing positive play and thoughtful interaction with children; redirecting children to 

positive alternatives (training provided). Not childcare.

• Being a source of direction for the on-site needs of parents and children; i.e. where to find 

specific home items.

• Monitoring home safety at all times; i.e., ensuring doors and windows are secure, 

monitoring security cameras and following safety protocols to ensure that residents are protected from trauma.

• Daily documentation for each family, following program reporting standards. 

Home Aides are to hold to strict relational guidelines and boundaries with residents. Aides are not to share personal information with residents, with no social media contact or personal communications. 

REQUIREMENTS

• Be positive, reliable, and flexible with a learning mindset. 
• Good communication skills with emotional intelligence to ensure that your words, tone, and demeanor do not cause unintentional harm to others.
• Ability to read and write all documentation, and to openly ask questions to ensure understanding.
• Mature in conflict resolution skills, setting professional boundaries, and stress management.
• Self-determined and motivated, able to effectively self-regulate employment performance. 
• Ability to demonstrate cultural sensitivity and work with people from diverse cultural backgrounds, honoring differences, and being intentionally inclusive. Maintain a positive working relationship with colleagues, families, and program partners, abiding by the YRO 

Code of Ethics. 

• Maintain confidentiality and follow organizational procedures to protect and honor personal information.
• Be a mandatory reporter to protect the safety of children; training & continuous support provided.
• Certification in First Aid and CPR within 30 days of hire (paid for by YRO).
• Ability to pass a federal and state criminal history and abuse record check. 
• No substance use of any kind on-site, including vaping.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCES

• Bilingual fluency in Spanish and English; verbal and written cognitive understanding. 

NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY

It shall be the operational policy of this Corporation not to discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, creed, marital status, national origin, disability, or political belief. This policy includes but is not exclusive of hiring, firing, layoffs, promotions, wages, training, disciplinary action, or any other terms, privileges, conditions, or benefits or employment, as well as non-discrimination in the providing of any services offered by this Corporation.

WAGE

Hourly wage starts at $17.00 with a $0.50 increase for those who are bilingual. Wage can increase depending on experience and education. 

YRO staff will be eligible for a 3% wage increase upon their 6-month review and 3% for their annual employment renewal. An additional 5% wage increase upon each annual renewal thereafter. 

Wages are paid monthly by the 10th of the month preceding the previous month's work hours via direct deposit. 

BENEFITS

Paid-Time Off (PTO): 50 hours provided to full-time employees after 60 days of employment, increasing by 10 hours after each annual renewal, up to 160 hours.

Holidays: As a 24-7 shelter, there will be no closures. Staff will be compensated ‘time and a half’ for all holidays listed:

• Winter Break - 2 weeks, including Christmas and New Year's.
• Martin Luther King Day - Third Monday in January
• Presidents' Day - Third Monday in February 
• March Break - Thursday & Friday off during school-scheduled Spring Break
• Memorial Day - Last Monday in May
• Juneteenth - June 19th
• Independence Day - July 4th or Friday before date
• Summer Break/Labor Day - Thursday - Tuesday of Labor Day Weekend 
• Indigenous Peoples’ Day - Second Monday in October
• Veterans Day - November 11th
• Thanksgiving - Fourth Thursday & Friday in November

Perk Allowance: Full-time employees get a Perk Allowance of $550 per month ($6,600 annually). The Perk Allowance is a benefit that employees can choose how to use. Choices include, but not limited to, pre-tax options such as Health or Wellness Savings Accounts, Oregon Saves or other investment accounts, or the benefit can be added to their take-home taxable pay. YRO seeks to give employees flexible options that give them autonomy over their benefits.

Available Shifts

Day shift

Swing Shift

Night sifts